Category: Food & drinks
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Frood is the new brand making healthy eating more convenient, from TV personality Frida Redknapp
The convenience food aisle has long been dominated by ultra-processed options, but priorities are shifting. A recent survey by the British Nutrition Foundation found that 61% of UK adults are concerned about the amount of ultra-processed food in their diet. Meanwhile, NHS data suggests that only around a third of adults meet the recommended five-a-day…
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Review: It’s all fun and games at The Lucky Goat, the new competitive-socialising venue in St. Pauls
Love a bit of friendly competition? You’re in for a treat at The Lucky Goat. This brand-new competitive socialising venue opened on Bread Street, near St Paul’s, in late April 2026. It offers a full spread of games, from tech darts and shuffleboard to pool – and, of course, the time-honoured fallback after one too…
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Review: Tigermilk Spitalfields is a true-to-life Mexican hacienda that’s full of character
Summer is synonymous with a squeeze of lime, a salt-rimmed glass, and a messy bite of a piquant corn taco, and Tigermilk captures that vibrant, carefree energy perfectly. Founded in Paris in 2019 by Nina and Alexis Melikov, Tigermilk is often described as “a love letter to Latin America.” Since its launch, it has expanded…
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June in food: the must-know restaurants and bars launching in London this month
Warm days arrive and everyone decides, all at once, that they deserve a seat in a leafy terrace. And rightfully so – this is the time to relish every bit of scorching sun we can get. May was a notably strong month for openings but June is giving us plenty of reasons to make our…
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Review: Idalia – Forget a love affair, this modern British restaurant is marriage material
When you find a restaurant that’s elegant but not pretentious, grand but not show-offy, and doesn’t feel like it’s style over substance, you should pat yourself in the back for the extraordinary discovery. Idalia feels like such a precious find that our instinct is to keep this place to ourselves. Luckily, there are 300 seats…
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Wahaca brings the heat this summer with a new seasonal menu
Wahaca has launched its summer menu, and it reads like a postcard from somewhere sunnier than a Soho street. The beloved Mexican restaurant chain – which has been feeding the UK since 2007 and holds the title of the country’s most sustainable restaurant group – has unveiled a run of new dishes and drinks that…
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The hip brunch place Morena, in Eccleston Yards, is now open for dinner with a new spring menu
Nothing pairs better with a sunny weekend than a long, leisurely brunch – especially somewhere that feels worlds away from London’s hectic streets. For many, Morena is the go-to place to get your avocado toast + Aperol fix. Opened in 2020 in the charming Eccleston Yards, the restaurant is influenced by Latin American cuisine but…
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Fulham has a new Italian gelateria of dreams – welcome La Gelateria Della Luna
Ice cream shops are ubiquitous in London, but say the magic word (Italian) and we’re merrily gearing up to queue for one hour for a £5+ scoop. There is no ice cream quite like proper Italian gelato. Made in small batches, churned slower and served at a slightly warmer temperature than regular ice cream, proper…
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Review: Banquet88 serves the most homely, filling, and feel-good Cantonese food
The team behind Good Fortune Club – the dim sum institution with outposts in Wimbledon and Ealing that Londoners have been devoted to for years – has gone bigger (and, arguably, better). Banquet 88 has just landed in St Katharine Docks this May, and it means business: 140 covers, a private dining room, stunning water…
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Review: Lokal is a welcome escape from Oxford Street, one mezze at a time
Burak Demirelli has form. The restaurateur behind Faros – the Mediterranean-Italian restaurant that has become one of central London’s most reliably loved spots, with two packed-out sites in Holborn and Oxford Circus — and Fred Bakery, the viennoiserie destination that Londoners were making pilgrimages to before it even had a second location, knows how to…
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